Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Free nerve endings serve as receptors for temperature and pain, and are therefore classified as sense organs.
2. Sensory receptors sense only stimuli external to the body, such as light, sound waves, smell, and touch.
3. Olfaction results from the stimulation of chemoreceptors.
4. Taste signals travel from the tongue through the facial and glossopharyngeal nerves.


1. False
2. False
3. True
4. True

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